NAIDOC Week Conversation with Uncle Les Malezer
About this Event
Aunty Sandra King OAM invites you to hear Uncle Les Malezer, CEO FAIRA (Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action) Group. There will be afternoon tea and cakes available.
Uncle Les has been heavily involved in fighting for justice for his people. Les is of the Butchulla/Gubbi Gubbi peoples in Southeast Queensland.
He was a school captain and matriculated from Inala State High School in Brisbane in 1969. He was a skilled sportsman in cricket, rugby league, tennis, and basketball. He began studies in Engineering at the University of Queensland but discontinued after being faced with racism at both study and work.
Les is recognised in Australia and internationally for his lifetime of work to promote and defend the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Australia and internationally. He played a pivotal with Indigenous Peoples representatives from around the world in the historic adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by the UN General Assembly in 2007. His work was recognised in 2008 with the Australian Human Rights Award and from 2017-2019 he was Expert Member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII).
He has held senior roles in government, including as a former head of the Queensland Department of Aboriginal and Islander Affairs. He became the Founding Chairperson of the Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA) in 1974 and was twice elected as Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples.
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